can the information be accessed remotely, from another location?
21470
Yes it can be - but you need to purchase additional software I believe if you are doing it remotely.
21471
Yes. We are using the clock in six locations, all administered from a central site. We have all locations on a VPN. You need a way to remotely access the LAN to which the clock is connected.
701670
From a mobile device connected to your network. I have not been able to get it to work from a remote location but it will work when set up correctly
1567097
I have attached to local LAN. Have not tried to use it this way. We have secure local LAN
917084
I have not done this BUT, according to the setup manual:"...You will be able to access files from a USB externalhard drive or thumb drive that is plugged into the router from your local network or from the Internet using either a webbrowser or an app for your smartphone or tablet..." so I don't why the other two respondeers said no to you.
2171234
For example you can connect a USB hard drive and access it anywhere from your home network.
1623584
it has to be connected to a network, and if you want to view outside your network, then yes, your network will have to be online so you can connect to it anywhere you have internet access.
296626
I don't see that capability, but it has a Samba server, so all hard disk are share in the network and you can drag and drop files (copy/paste) like if there were you local disk. For WAN you must use the web page to do same, but you can do from any place in the world, I have done from Singapure while my disk is in Costa Rica.
178405
It has directions for remote access but I have not actually used that feature.
903224
We use ours on our networks. I actually have two locations and two units. One is a slave to the master and they connect over the internet. I assume if you use the USB cable it would give you the same access. BTW, it interfaces well with Quick Books.
1612427
Locally yes via wifi. But no remotely because that is how you connect to the hub remotely through you home network (opening a port to allow remote access). It is clear in the manual which can be downloaded
1317479
You would access through the drive. Make the drive access your Internet then you access the drive as your access point.
1430095
There are a few ways to access the drive from outside your home. You can integrate with Dropbox, which appears simple though I have not tried yet OR you can use the UPnP port Mapping feature which will (with simple home firewalls) automap the server through your firewall so you can use an external IP address and get to any of your documents or media. I was able to stream movies from my server to an Roku at my second home 120 miles away from my server. Go into the UPnP Port Mapping page, it will take time to load, then turn on the WAN and set the ports. Once that is done it will process the request. If it works with your firewall (PnP) you will get a success message and it will show the external IP in the center of the page. All you have to do then is substitue that external IP for your internal IP in a browser and you can get at any of your published shares.
545222
Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
697668
None. You can buy an external USB drive or share a drive from another computer. We use our portable for that purpose.
1082064
No, it definitely won't be *exactly* as if it was plugged in. When plugged in, Windows is going to view it as a drive, assign it a drive letter, and allow you to copy files to it via copy/paste, drag/drop, etc. I haven't confirmed it, but I can all but guarantee it won't work that way when accessing it via WiFi from your PC. In fact, my guess is, you can view content, but not alter it via WiFi. again, I haven't tried, but that would be my guess. If I get a chance, I'll try and let you know.
1618846
Yes you can! You download it and can use it from anywhere - no need for Internet once you've downloaded it!
2203992
Remote access (including uploading) is possible via FTP, the WD MyCloud PC software, or via the iOS / Andorid apps.